June 17, 2025 - CLF-LA June Webinar: A Deep Dive into the CLF HQ Embodied Carbon Benchmark Report

This month, we’re joined by Mel Chafart, Low Carbon Buildings Lead at Carbon Leadership Forum – HQ, a co-author of the recently published CLF Embodied Carbon Benchmark Report and the creator of the accompanying, very nifty, public dataset dashboard. The report represents one of the most comprehensive whole building LCA datasets in North America and details guidance on implementing benchmarks into policies and programs, insights into key emissions drivers and targets, and strategies to accelerate industry-wide decarbonization.

This is truly a landmark report that will provide more insight into policymakers, designers, and owners who are looking to develop building carbon budgets. It wouldn’t have been possible without the close collaboration of the additional report authors Brad Benke, Aurora Jensen, Meghan Lewis, and Kate Simonen.

Join us on Tuesday, June 17, at 12:00pm PT for a free webinar as Mel dives deeper into the findings from the report, providing key insights into building benchmarks and budgets, and what he found interesting throughout the years-long collaborative process.

REGISTER here!

When:

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

12:00pm - 1:00pm (PT)

Location:

Online via Zoom

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Speaker Bio:

Mel Chafart is a licensed engineer and research Lead focused on Low Carbon Buildings at the Carbon Leadership Forum - HQ. He is focused on data-driven insights into decarbonization strategies and helping practitioners have up-to-date, clean data at their disposal to make accurate and impactful design decisions. Prior to joining the CLF, Mel was a structural engineer at Buro Happold where he assisted in the design of steel and concrete structures in the US and abroad, helped develop internal embodied carbon assessment tools, and built out Buro Happold’s portfolio of benchmarked projects in the US.  At CLF, Mel’s recent work includes leveraging Python and other data science tools for the preparation and analysis of WBLCA tool outputs for the CLF WBLCA Benchmark Study and California Carbon Report. He is also a major contributor to SE 2050’s Data Science Team and their work on the SE 2050 Database.